Turning a Pinal ghost town into a destination
by Bethany Blundell | Pinal Central
Take a scenic drive out through the Superstition Mountains and you will discover a town like no other — a town focused on preserving history and building memories. This is Goldfield Ghost Town.
While now it is dubbed a ghost town, the area was once a thriving mining town in the hills of the beautiful Southwestern desert.
The first Anglo discovery of gold in the area was in the 1860s when a group of about a dozen men were seeking shelter during the winter and resources to make a profit. There, they found gold. This triggered a long history of miners flocking to and from the area, and over the course of time the town grew and dwindled because of that.
